Thank you - Honestly - I figured it out shortly after asking the question and felt like a dummy for asking the question here - however thanks for taking the time to graciously answer my questions. Thanks for the videos, great work!

It's space camo. Patches of armor plating with different elements of sensor disrupting material so as to make targeting individual subsystems more difficult. Yes I just pulled that out of my ass.

by 2012-11-12 11:25

Judging by the current state of the Vagabond hull on the Buckingham test server, I believe it is safe to say this is the final product that will be zipping around New Eden this Winter. Behold the frill!

Personally, I see it as a tremendous improvement from the previous design.